The pay TV provider with the largest number of subscribers at the end of the first quarter of 2025 was Charter, amassing around **** million customers. However, a potential merger of Charter and Cox would become the largest cable TV provider in the U.S., with an estimated **** million subscribers. Second was Comcast with **** million, followed by DirecTV with ** million and the online TV service YouTube TV with *** million. With pay TV providers losing market shares to video streaming services, the number of subscribers has slipped significantly in recent years, with no provider having beyond ** million customers.
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